Arvin Vincet
Aug 4, 2021
The Supreme Court, in a July 2015 observation, has said law cannot stop an adult from exercising his right to personal liberty to watch porn within the privacy of his room.
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Section 293 of the IPC makes it illegal to sell, show or circulate porn to anyone under the age of 20
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This covers “violation of privacy”. Anyone knowingly publishes the image of a person without his or her consent can face jail of up to 3 years or fine of a maximum of Rs 2 lakh.
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Anyone who “publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted” any sexually explicit material can face 5-year jail and Rs 10 lakh as fine.
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Under Section 14 of the POCSO Act 2012, it's a crime to “use a child or children for pornographic purposes”. If caught it's 5 years jail term with fine.
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Makes it illegal to store or possess child pornography. Jail term of three to five years.
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Illegal to publish or transmit material depicting children in sexually explicit acts in electronic form.
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This act prevents “indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner”.
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Raj Kundra's lawyers in his defence have argued that that "only actual sexual intercourse depiction is considered 'porn'.
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Artwork that deals with stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter. This includes painting, sculpture, photography, drama film, music or literature.
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